"Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour" (I Peter 5.8).
Martin Luther famously said, "The best way to drive out the devil, if he will not yield to texts of Scripture, is to jeer and flout him, for he cannot bear scorn."
Let's see what Scripture says:
"Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places" (Ephesians 6.11-12).
"Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you" (James 4.7).
We are to: be sober, be viligent, to stand against, to wrestle, and resist the devil...would that include jeer and flout? He ain't a tabby cat, he is a "roaring lion"...best deal with him according to the Word.
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